Python for Google App Engine

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Master the full range of development features provided by Google App Engine to build and run scalable web applications in Python

About This Book

Use the power of Python to build full-fledged, scalable web applications running on Google's infrastructure
Learn how to use Google Cloud Platform tools and services adding features and enriching your Python web applications
Build a real-world web application in no time with this comprehensive step-by-step guide

Who This Book Is For

If you are a Python developer, whether you have experience in web applications development or not, and want to rapidly deploy a scalable backend service or a modern web application on Google App Engine, then this book is for you.

What You Will Learn

Persist and manage data in the cloud datastore with the NDB Python API
Run asynchronous tasks with task queue and Cron
Set up, use, and manage a MySQL server instance on Cloud SQL
Employ channels to develop real-time applications with push notifications from the server
Write a complete Django application using Cloud SQL as the data backend
Use cloud endpoints to rapidly provide REST APIs for your mobile clients

In Detail

Google App Engine is a key component of the Google Cloud Platform and one of the most comprehensive cloud services. Together with Python, the first programming language ever supported by the platform, Google App Engine favors rapid development, significantly contributing to the success of your projects.

This book will guide you through the Google Cloud Platform starting from the basics all the way through successfully designing, building, and running modern and scalable web applications in Python with Google App Engine. From authentication to data storage, and from asynchronous jobs to server push techniques, you will learn how to use services such as datastore, cloud storage, Cloud SQL, task queues and channels in a Python application based on web frameworks such as Webapp2 and Django. As the topics in this book are covered in a step-by-step fashion, you will get to grips with the information quickly and easily.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing (January 27, 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 198 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1784398195
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1784398194
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.45 x 9.25 inches

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- #4,134 in Python Programming

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Brian Walker

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Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2015

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I made it through chapter 2, only had some CSS issues (to make the form look like what was in the book, required four lines of CSS to be added). Then I got to chapter 3, I couldn't get the code to work, even the code from the website included with the book. No go. I went to the Packt web site and there is no errata, in fact to get to the code on the Packt web site you have to search for the book first, you can't get to it from the support page. The book serves up a lot of info in a few pages. I had high hopes for this book.

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jak_jak

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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2016

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It is an excellent bargain that was well worth the money spent and recommended to anyone interested.

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Xamian

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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2015

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Good beginner book for anyone looking to get into appengine with python.

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SuJo

5/5 - Worth the Cost / Time

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015

Python for Google App Engine
Publisher Link: https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/python-google-app-engine

5/5 - Know Python prior to engaging in this book, no need for the Google App Engine experience though.

The book as others mention creates a basic web application, then you learn more and go back over the content to create a more robust expandable application that uses the previous example. The book uses Google SQL Cloud, however I opted to just keep it on my local machine. Still worth checking it out though despite me not wanting Google to have any more of my data. As for the book itself, it's structured, logical, stays on track, and has a lot of up sides. My favorite part would be utilizing memcache and tracking connections, start seeing some strange stuff well you can now act on it or let customers know that you're experiencing issues and are working to resolve it. I'm also a very huge fan of the MVC pattern, so using modular design was also something that made me fall in love with this book even more.

All in all I would highly recommend this book and can't wait to build up on top of what I've already learned.

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Tim Crothers

Overall this book provides good coverage of writing and app for Google App Engine ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015

Overall this book provides good coverage of writing an app for Google App Engine using Python. The main shortfall of the book is that it is very terse on explanations and only has a single example which is built up over the chapters. The included code and example is very good so if you learn by examining other people's code with some additional explanation then this book is for you. The approach used by the author also means you have some solid python code to start your own efforts from. More explanations of alternatives and additional approaches would be helpful but all-in-all a very good value for those looking to use Python to build applications on Google App Engine.

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PJG

Good Introduction to Python Development on the App Engine

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2015

This book represents a clear and easy-to-follow introduction to developing Python applications using the Google App Engine. The book assumes that the reader is confident with Python, but has no prior knowledge of the Engine, and begins from the basics by setting the context of PaaS, SaaS and IaaS and how App Engine architecture.

The first application is a web app, hosted on the App Engine, that allows users to record notes. This gradually gets updated in each of the first few chapters, as additional App Engine functionality is introduced. Later chapters deal with Google Cloud SQL, a real-time application and the use of the Django framework to re-implement the original 'notes' application covered earlier.

The book is clear and logical, and introduces new concepts fairly quickly, though at an adequate pace for anyone with a reasonable amount of Python experience. At 198 pages the book felt a little short and perhaps would have benefited from a bit more in the way of discussion
around some of the material. Nonetheless, it is an excellent starting point for a rapid understanding of the Google App Engine, and comes recommended.

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ruben

this title is very useful for people who want to learn about how to ...

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015

Python for Google App Engine is a very understandable title, because of its explanation, this title is very useful for people who want to learn about how to use the WEB technologies, develop web sites with the newest technologies and the frameworks.

The book has the basics to start learning how use the Google API to develop web sites with this tools

I really recommend the book because it helps me to learn about the Web Services like RESP API, I could understand the main idea of how the google framework Works.

Applications are the main topic of this title, very interesting explanations, very useful for projects.

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Loris

Very good book to get you started with Google App Engine

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2015

The book is an excellent guide to get you started with Google App Engine with Python. As the author mentions in the book, a medium-high knowledge of Python is required to follow the book. However the reader is not required to have any prior knowledge of Google App Engine. I have been using Python for a long time and this book was an excellent starting point to use Google App Engine. Also, a basic understanding of web apps is recommended.
The first chapter helps the reader to get started with Google App Engine. It provides instructions on how to set up the runtime for Linux, OS X and Windows. In the following chapters the author implements a note-taking web application increasing chapter after chapter the features of the app and the complexity of the code, This lets the reader to gradually assimilate the new concepts showed in each chapters and to smoothly progress in the book. The firsts examples use the webapp2 framework while the last chapters use the much more popular Django framework.
The book is well written, covers all the basic features of Google App Engine, and provides a lot of reusable code.

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Cost of the book.

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(1) Timely delivery
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(3) Simple to understand with simple English.
(4) The author used sufficient examples to make it understandable.
(5) Good paper quality
(6) Cost of book should have been within ₹500/-

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